859 Election Recap, Lujan Grisham Signs Federal School Choice Tax Credit, Workforce Participation is Down, Permitting Reform Split

On this week’s episode Paul and Wally recap the election results. It was a blue “tsunami” election with New Mexico going bluer, but much of the country switching from GOP to Democrat. What does it mean for the nation? How about the Supreme Court? What about New Mexico? You don’t want to miss this thoughtful analysis with honest discussion, not partisan posturing. We go through it all!

In other news, Gov. Lujan Grisham has signed New Mexico on to the federal school choice tax credit. RGF has been working to get the Gov. on board with this from Day 1. We are very excited about being IN the program. Now the hard work begins!

New Mexico’s workforce participation rate has dropped a full point since MLG implemented her government funded childcare scheme back in November of 2025.

Finally, there is a big push in Congress to embrace permitting reform legislation in the “lame duck” session. Sen. Martin Heinrich is on the “right” side of the issue, but Rep. Stansbury is not. We discuss.

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